Tuesday, January 20, 2009

The Presidential Oath Flubbed:

How does that go again Mr. Chief Justice Roberts?

As he promised, our newly elected President has come to the White House ready to make some changes, even to the constitutionally established Presidential Oath. Wait, what was that--"faithfully execute the office of President of the United States" or "execute the office of President of the United States faithfully"? Whoops!
I am sure that Obama had been memorizing and re-memorizing the oath and then when incorrectly administered to him by Chief Justice Roberts he of course paused recognizing the error. I mean what would you do? Smartly, after only a brief moment he repeated what was said to him. That was some very quick thinking and a good sign for things to come. We may have someone in the White House who can think on their feet.



Image from the BBC

This is the same bible used by Abraham Lincoln when he was sworn in as President of the United States--very cool!

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

"Who are those guys?"


--Robert Leroy Parker (in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)

Can anything for certain be said at all about the death of Robert Parker, aka Butch Cassidy? Could he really have been gunned down in some secluded, miniscule Bolivian town? Perhaps. Or, perhaps not. And so what can we say? Maybe it was all an elaborate scheme by Cassidy to fake his death and escape the law. After all, who can get a break when you're being hunted? The constant pressing and monotonousness of being pursued would lead anyone to ask, "Who are those guys?". And so for one lousy second of peace and quiet wouldn't you do the same? I would.